MENA Regional Lead: Blockchain Partnerships & Growth

Plume; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Plume is hiring a Regional Lead to establish and grow our footprint across the Middle East and North Africa, focusing on tokenized real-world assets and institutional adoption.

You will drive partnerships with regional banks, asset managers, exchanges, and family offices, while coordinating with regulators and industry bodies across the GCC and wider region.

Fluency in Arabic and English and a deep network in GCC markets are essential to succeed in this nascent, high-ownership role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in B2B/BD or partnerships in MENA financial services, fintech or crypto.
• Fluent Arabic and English; deep familiarity with GCC regulatory landscape.
• Existing network across regional banks, exchanges, family offices or regulators.
• Strong understanding of blockchain fundamentals.
• Comfortable working independently in nascent market.

Responsibilities

• Build and execute regional GTM strategy across priority MENA markets (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar).
• Source and close partnerships with regional banks, asset managers, exchanges.
• Engage regulators and industry bodies to support compliant market entry.
• Represent Plume at regional conferences and media/analyst conversations.
• Partner with global Legal and compliance to structure partnerships appropriately for regional regulatory regimes.
• Build relationships with local family offices, VCs, and institutional allocators.
• Report on regional pipeline, partnerships, and adoption metrics to global leadership.

Skills

Business development

Institutional partnerships

Arabic

English

Regulatory knowledge

Blockchain fundamentals

Independent worker

Networking with banks/exchanges

Job description

Plume is hiring a Regional Lead to establish and grow our footprint across the Middle East and North Africa, focusing on tokenized real-world assets and institutional adoption.

You will drive partnerships with regional banks, asset managers, exchanges, and family offices, while coordinating with regulators and industry bodies across the GCC and wider region.

Fluency in Arabic and English and a deep network in GCC markets are essential to succeed in this nascent, high-ownership role.